Brown-streaked flycatcher
Appearance
Brown-streaked flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Muscicapa |
Species: | M. williamsoni
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Binomial name | |
Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957
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The brown-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, northern peninsular Malaysia, and northeast Borneo.[1] Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the Asian brown flycatcher. In 2020, a vagrant was sighted 300 km (190 mi) south of the Australian town of Broome and its identity was confirmed from DNA analysis of the droppings of the bird.[2] The species has a rufescent plumage in the breeding season and then becomes drab.[3] The species name is after the collector Sir Walter James Franklin Williamson.
References
[edit]- ^ Deignan, H.G. (1957). "A new flycatcher from southeastern Asia, with remarks on Muscicapa latirostris Raffles". Ibis. 99: 340–344.
- ^ Collins, Ben (2021-02-13). "'Game-changing': Poo and a strange song lead twitchers to a new bird species for Australia". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ Wells, D. R. (1977). "Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan: a reappraisal". Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 97: 83–97.